Ghana vs New Zealand statistics compared

Ghana has a population of 34.4M (ranked 47/197), compared with 5.34M in New Zealand (ranked 121/197). Ghana's land area is 87,851 sq mi versus 101,665 sq mi for New Zealand (ranked 81st vs. 74th).

By GDP, Ghana ranks 79/197 ($82.8B) and New Zealand ranks 53/197 ($260B). By GDP per capita, Ghana ranks 150/197 ($2,406), while New Zealand ranks 26/197 ($48,747).

Ghana and New Zealand: Comparison Charts

Ghana and New Zealand economies compared

GDP

Ghana

New Zealand

Table

Year	GDP
	Ghana	New Zealand
1960	$1,217,230,095	$5,536,098,360
1961	$1,302,674,325	$5,721,994,864
1962	$1,382,515,654	$6,133,158,532
1963	$1,540,797,589	$6,699,741,645
1964	$1,731,296,200	$7,340,766,415
1965	$2,053,462,968	$5,706,251,400
1966	$2,126,300,672	$5,917,437,693
1967	$1,747,187,645	$6,016,017,227
1968	$1,666,909,518	$5,228,045,415
1969	$1,962,050,556	$5,814,357,709
1970	$2,215,028,588	$6,495,605,331
1971	$2,417,108,578	$7,911,136,757
1972	$2,112,293,280	$9,567,331,065
1973	$3,006,766,758	$12,802,281,898
1974	$2,894,409,938	$13,940,981,798
1975	$2,810,106,383	$12,861,983,284
1976	$2,765,254,237	$13,604,832,424
1977	$3,189,428,571	$15,446,825,318
1978	$3,662,478,185	$18,530,518,395
1979	$4,020,227,920	$20,731,243,113
1980	$4,445,228,216	$23,244,547,385
1981	$4,222,441,860	$24,417,617,184
1982	$4,035,994,398	$24,164,603,059
1983	$4,057,275,132	$24,309,279,706
1984	$4,412,279,843	$21,665,975,319
1985	$4,504,306,723	$24,679,795,396
1986	$5,735,677,434	$30,604,668,357
1987	$5,074,829,932	$40,376,354,070
1988	$5,197,765,032	$45,176,811,594
1989	$5,251,858,440	$43,920,222,525
1990	$5,889,106,573	$45,495,129,385
1991	$6,603,185,268	$42,745,329,732
1992	$6,416,103,926	$41,649,829,860
1993	$5,968,922,939	$46,775,620,817
1994	$5,446,383,727	$55,314,732,279
1995	$6,464,382,808	$63,918,703,507
1996	$6,932,991,739	$70,140,835,299
1997	$6,891,443,192	$66,075,143,415
1998	$7,482,069,162	$56,227,169,851
1999	$7,718,109,982	$58,762,260,626
2000	$4,982,850,662	$52,623,281,957
2001	$5,314,872,854	$53,872,425,917
2002	$6,166,197,848	$66,627,729,311
2003	$7,632,723,556	$88,250,885,550
2004	$8,881,417,907	$103,905,210,084
2005	$10,744,568,381	$114,720,129,550
2006	$20,885,037,597	$111,538,810,713
2007	$24,827,339,138	$137,188,946,866
2008	$28,679,383,241	$133,437,126,590
2009	$26,048,720,006	$121,663,439,315
2010	$32,197,655,567	$146,887,902,524
2011	$39,336,668,081	$168,484,908,960
2012	$41,271,701,061	$176,560,711,239
2013	$62,845,721,960	$191,012,364,177
2014	$54,678,533,806	$201,518,402,787
2015	$49,436,806,230	$178,224,167,088
2016	$56,144,179,398	$189,100,085,275
2017	$60,385,409,435	$206,745,969,246
2018	$67,259,353,966	$211,985,631,173
2019	$68,352,629,246	$213,006,341,102
2020	$70,008,243,860	$213,029,554,654
2021	$79,514,204,730	$253,977,931,815
2022	$73,919,003,210	$249,509,991,440
2023	$80,547,146,878	$255,194,972,673
2024	$82,825,288,889	$260,235,932,559

Ghana and New Zealand economies compared

GDP per capita

Ghana

New Zealand

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Ghana	New Zealand
1960	$174.9	$2,334
1961	$181.9	$2,365
1962	$188.4	$2,471
1963	$205	$2,646
1964	$225	$2,839
1965	$260.5	$2,171
1966	$263.3	$2,211
1967	$211.2	$2,208
1968	$196.7	$1,902
1969	$225.8	$2,097
1970	$248.2	$2,311
1971	$263.4	$2,773
1972	$223.8	$3,295
1973	$310	$4,323
1974	$289.4	$4,611
1975	$273	$4,172
1976	$261	$4,374
1977	$292.3	$4,951
1978	$326	$5,937
1979	$347	$6,668
1980	$372	$7,467
1981	$344	$7,814
1982	$319	$7,656
1983	$311	$7,598
1984	$330	$6,714
1985	$330	$7,601
1986	$411	$9,428
1987	$355	$12,331
1988	$355	$13,759
1989	$350	$13,312
1990	$383	$13,663
1991	$418	$12,230
1992	$396	$11,793
1993	$360	$13,094
1994	$321	$15,280
1995	$372	$17,400
1996	$389	$18,794
1997	$378	$17,474
1998	$400	$14,738
1999	$403	$15,322
2000	$253.7	$13,641
2001	$263.5	$13,883
2002	$297.5	$16,874
2003	$358	$21,914
2004	$406	$25,420
2005	$479	$27,751
2006	$906	$26,655
2007	$1,050	$32,480
2008	$1,183	$31,325
2009	$1,048	$28,277
2010	$1,264	$33,762
2011	$1,507	$38,432
2012	$1,544	$40,054
2013	$2,295	$43,000
2014	$1,950	$44,618
2015	$1,723	$38,665
2016	$1,912	$40,114
2017	$2,012	$42,950
2018	$2,195	$43,257
2019	$2,187	$42,779
2020	$2,195	$41,851
2021	$2,445	$49,689
2022	$2,230	$48,760
2023	$2,384	$48,655
2024	$2,406	$48,747

Ghana vs. New Zealand life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Ghana

New Zealand

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Ghana	New Zealand
1950	43.1	69.3
1951	43.6	69.1
1952	44	69.4
1953	44.5	70.2
1954	45	70.3
1955	45.4	70.5
1956	45.7	70.7
1957	46.1	70.3
1958	46.4	70.9
1959	46.7	70.8
1960	46.9	71.2
1961	47.1	70.9
1962	47.3	71.2
1963	47.5	71.3
1964	47.6	71.3
1965	47.7	71.2
1966	47.7	71.1
1967	47.7	71.4
1968	47.8	71.1
1969	47.9	71.5
1970	47.9	71.2
1971	47.9	71.7
1972	48.3	71.8
1973	48.6	71.7
1974	48.9	71.9
1975	49.3	72.2
1976	49.7	72.4
1977	50.1	72.1
1978	50.5	73
1979	50.8	73.1
1980	51.1	72.9
1981	51.3	73.6
1982	51.4	73.7
1983	51.8	73.8
1984	52.2	74.4
1985	52.7	73.9
1986	53.3	74.1
1987	53.8	74.2
1988	54.4	74.5
1989	54.9	74.9
1990	55.4	75.4
1991	55.7	76.1
1992	56.1	76.2
1993	56.3	76.5
1994	56.2	76.9
1995	56.7	76.8
1996	57	76.8
1997	57.2	77.3
1998	57.5	78.2
1999	57.8	77.9
2000	58.1	78.7
2001	58.4	78.7
2002	58.7	78.9
2003	59	79.1
2004	59.3	79.4
2005	59.6	80
2006	60	80
2007	60.3	80.1
2008	60.6	80.2
2009	60.9	80.5
2010	61.3	81.1
2011	61.6	80.8
2012	62	81.2
2013	62.4	81.6
2014	62.8	81.4
2015	63.2	81.6
2016	63.5	82
2017	63.8	81.6
2018	64.1	81.9
2019	64.5	81.8
2020	64.3	82.7
2021	64.3	82.3
2022	65.2	81
2023	65.5	82.1
2024	65.7	82.2
2025	65.9	82.4

Ghana and New Zealand population clocks and comparison

Population

Ghana

New Zealand

Table

Year	Population
	Ghana	New Zealand
1960	6,961,215	2,371,800
1961	7,162,667	2,419,700
1962	7,337,375	2,482,000
1963	7,514,714	2,531,800
1964	7,695,739	2,585,400
1965	7,882,606	2,628,400
1966	8,074,521	2,675,900
1967	8,271,913	2,724,100
1968	8,475,729	2,748,100
1969	8,690,383	2,772,800
1970	8,925,813	2,810,700
1971	9,176,264	2,853,000
1972	9,438,187	2,903,900
1973	9,714,617	2,961,300
1974	10,000,523	3,023,700
1975	10,294,308	3,083,100
1976	10,594,913	3,110,500
1977	10,911,871	3,120,200
1978	11,248,450	3,121,200
1979	11,597,255	3,109,000
1980	11,941,448	3,112,900
1981	12,281,712	3,124,900
1982	12,643,819	3,156,100
1983	13,029,836	3,199,300
1984	13,370,590	3,227,100
1985	13,661,229	3,247,100
1986	13,965,217	3,246,300
1987	14,289,108	3,274,400
1988	14,636,568	3,283,400
1989	15,006,813	3,299,200
1990	15,394,648	3,329,800
1991	15,787,496	3,495,100
1992	16,184,855	3,531,700
1993	16,589,519	3,572,200
1994	16,993,190	3,620,000
1995	17,399,017	3,673,400
1996	17,810,181	3,732,000
1997	18,238,958	3,781,300
1998	18,688,036	3,815,000
1999	19,149,864	3,835,100
2000	19,637,087	3,857,700
2001	20,167,069	3,880,500
2002	20,729,388	3,948,500
2003	21,296,705	4,027,200
2004	21,868,298	4,087,500
2005	22,449,438	4,133,900
2006	23,040,702	4,184,600
2007	23,642,279	4,223,800
2008	24,249,946	4,259,800
2009	24,862,664	4,302,600
2010	25,474,995	4,350,700
2011	26,095,088	4,384,000
2012	26,734,268	4,408,100
2013	27,386,193	4,442,100
2014	28,041,592	4,516,500
2015	28,696,068	4,609,400
2016	29,356,742	4,714,100
2017	30,008,354	4,813,600
2018	30,637,585	4,900,600
2019	31,258,945	4,979,200
2020	31,887,809	5,090,200
2021	32,518,665	5,111,300
2022	33,149,152	5,117,100
2023	33,787,914	5,245,000
2024	34,427,414	5,338,500

Fertility rates in Ghana and New Zealand

Fertility rate

Ghana

New Zealand

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Ghana	New Zealand
1960	6.89	4.24
1961	6.91	4.31
1962	6.94	4.19
1963	6.94	4.05
1964	6.9	3.8
1965	6.88	3.54
1966	6.86	3.41
1967	6.89	3.35
1968	6.89	3.34
1969	6.95	3.28
1970	6.95	3.17
1971	6.95	3.18
1972	6.92	3
1973	6.87	2.76
1974	6.82	2.58
1975	6.76	2.37
1976	6.7	2.27
1977	6.64	2.21
1978	6.56	2.07
1979	6.51	2.12
1980	6.47	2.03
1981	6.42	2.01
1982	6.31	1.95
1983	6.23	1.92
1984	6.15	1.93
1985	6.12	1.93
1986	6.08	1.96
1987	6.02	2.03
1988	5.92	2.1
1989	5.82	2.12
1990	5.74	2.18
1991	5.63	2.09
1992	5.52	2.06
1993	5.41	2.04
1994	5.25	1.98
1995	5.11	1.98
1996	4.96	1.96
1997	4.88	1.96
1998	4.83	1.89
1999	4.82	1.97
2000	4.83	1.98
2001	4.77	1.97
2002	4.69	1.89
2003	4.6	1.93
2004	4.5	1.98
2005	4.5	1.97
2006	4.4	2.01
2007	4.29	2.18
2008	4.22	2.19
2009	4.18	2.13
2010	4.18	2.17
2011	4.18	2.09
2012	4.15	2.1
2013	4.11	2.01
2014	4.03	1.92
2015	3.98	1.99
2016	3.87	1.87
2017	3.72	1.81
2018	3.65	1.71
2019	3.59	1.72
2020	3.54	1.61
2021	3.49	1.64
2022	3.43	1.66
2023	3.4	1.56

Ghana and New Zealand demographics compared

Median age

Ghana

New Zealand

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Ghana	New Zealand
1960	17.7	27.5
1961	17.4	27.1
1962	17.2	26.8
1963	16.9	26.4
1964	16.7	26.2
1965	16.5	26
1966	16.4	25.9
1967	16.2	25.8
1968	16.1	25.7
1969	16	25.7
1970	15.9	25.6
1971	15.9	25.7
1972	15.8	25.9
1973	15.8	26
1974	15.8	26.2
1975	15.9	26.3
1976	16	26.5
1977	16.2	26.8
1978	16.4	27.1
1979	16.5	27.5
1980	16.7	27.9
1981	16.7	28.2
1982	16.9	28.5
1983	17	28.8
1984	17.1	29.1
1985	17.1	29.4
1986	17.1	29.8
1987	17.1	30.1
1988	17.1	30.4
1989	17.1	30.8
1990	17.2	31.1
1991	17.2	31.4
1992	17.3	31.7
1993	17.4	32
1994	17.5	32.3
1995	17.6	32.6
1996	17.7	32.8
1997	17.9	33.2
1998	18.1	33.6
1999	18.3	34
2000	18.4	34.3
2001	18.6	34.6
2002	18.8	34.8
2003	19	35
2004	19.1	35.2
2005	19.3	35.5
2006	19.5	35.8
2007	19.7	36.1
2008	19.9	36.4
2009	20	36.6
2010	20.2	36.8
2011	20.3	37
2012	20.5	37.2
2013	20.6	37.4
2014	20.7	37.5
2015	20.8	37.4
2016	20.9	37.3
2017	21	37.2
2018	21.2	37.3
2019	21.3	37.3
2020	21.5	37.5
2021	21.7	37.8
2022	21.8	38.1
2023	22	38.3
2024	22.2	38.6

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